Space E-war

[The Kingpin]

Serephir raised a brow, but complied, standing up and following. "And this would be...why, exactly?" he said, the crew standing up and following, not knowing what else to do. Xander and Alex were Serephir's personal bodyguards and their duty was to follow anyway, regardless...

[dinoman666]

Grievous let the group follow, leading them all out of the bar with OOM-6 and his bodyguards. He explained as he led them down a street clustered with busy Trandoshans. "OOM-6 here noticed something... unusual about you earlier, before calling be down here on the shuttle. I am merely testing this ability, just to make sure I know what's going on. Essentially, you will be facing a few droids, with their weapons powered down to keep them from being dangerous. I have a training arena made specifically for this purpose." By then, they had made it back to the shuttle, and Grievous climbed aboard with his droids.

[The Kingpin]

"If it's combat capability, i assure you, a few droids won't last more than a few seconds, if that. I'll take it you'd rather they aren't left in pieces?" said Serephir as he boared the shuttle, the crew following. he had a rough idea of what it was they had seen. but still, he wanted to be sure...

[dinoman666]

"I don't mind, really," replied Grievous, sitting at the table from before. "I do it myself all the time, and they're easy to replace."

[The Kingpin]

"What exactly DID OOM-6 see that has sparked this interest?" said Serephir...he didn't want to waste any Droids merely doing something they weren't interested in seeing. not to mention it paid to keep some of his tricks to himself...it helped to avoid exposing potential openings in his defenses...

[dinoman666]

"He and his troops guns were apparently lifted into the air through unknown means and crushed into dust," replied Grievous, the shuttle beginning to lift off. "He believes you may be a Jedi. Have you ever heard that word?"

[The Kingpin]

"Only once in a passing conversation. my knowledge of that doesn't go past the word itself" said Serephir...

[dinoman666]

Grievous nodded. "Well, Jedi are beings born with a special attunement to something they call the Force. This ability allows them to levitate objects, run and jump abnormally fast and high, and other such feats. My Lightsabers," Grievous pulled back his cloak, showing several silver handles sticking out of pouches on the inside of his cloak, "are Jedi weapons."

[The Kingpin]

"If that is what they wish to call it. I've had such abilities for a long time. I almost never use it's full power however. while it is handy in small doses, using it's full power would almost definately destroy whatever i used it against, regardless of it's size" he said, a rather grave tone to his voice. "But perhaps it's better if you see what a miniscule example of it is capable of" he added...

[dinoman666]

Grievous replied, "And that is exactly what I plan to see." At that moment, the shuttle floated gently down, this time to a landing pad that connected to a large stadium-like structure on the outskirts of the city. Standing up, the Cyborg general said, "Come. Let's see what you're capable of, shall we?" He walked down the ramp of the shuttle, followed by OOM-6 and his guards.

[The Kingpin]

Serephir shrugged, following. an amusing way to treat guests, but it didn't matter. he could be something more than what most thought. and if Grievous knew more about it, he intended to get a bit more information...the crew were somewhat nervous about this. Blaze was having a mix of feelings. he was nervous about Serephir's safety, and excited to see the General's power again...

[dinoman666]

A pair of large blast doors opened, directly into a large dirt field surrounded by high steel walls. Hatches covered these walls, and to the right and left of the blast doors were staircases, leading up to a control room above the doors. Grievous led the group up the stairs and said, "General Serephir, stay down there. Use whatever means necessary to destroy the droids I send out. No worries; they can't possibly hurt you unless they hit you point blank and in the skull." A door slid sideways for him and the crew to enter. The room was covered with monitors on three walls, and the third was transparent, allowing them to view the arena below. "OOM-6, get ready to release the first batch." OOM-6 nodded. "Roger roger." He walked over to one of the consoles directly below the transparent viewport as Grievous spoke, his voice broadcasting over speakers that hung high on the arena walls. "Get ready General..."

[The Kingpin]

Serephir stood patiently, awaiting the droid to emerge, a hand on the scabbard of his right sword, his left hand holding the grip of it. first he'd use a bit of sword work. next would come the manipulation part of the process. looking at the size of it, Grievous intended to release them in significant numbers. he didn't want to use his ability too much over a mere test...

Blaze was watching from one of the windows, extremely interested in seeing just how far his General's ability went...

[dinoman666]

OOM-6 hit a couple of switches. Two hatches, on opposite side of the rectangular arena, opened. A long rack emerged from each hatch. On both sides of each rack were lined B1 Battle Droids, curled up in a fetal position, about 50 total. The B1s were lowered to the ground, and they stood up in unison, drawing their rifles (set to only cause a light sting from a hit) and turning to face Serephir. As the racks retracted back into the walls, the droids opened fire on the VAMCEB General...

[The Kingpin]

Serephir leapt up as the first few shots were fired, the droids hitting eachother a few times, Serephir landing on the ground a short distance away, before running at one group of them, the others' weapons having bent half way along the barrels, exploding. Serephir unsheathed the sword, holding it in his left hand, deflecting most of the shots and dodging the others, running past, the droids splitting down the middle as he shot past at daunting speed, so fast that he had run up the wall and kicked off before the Droids actually split and fell. Serephir sheathed his sword as he landed, crossing his arms as he looked at the droids on the other sideo f the arena. Without so much as a stare from Serephir, they were suddenly forced back, all slamming into eachother and being crushed against the wall, falling to the floor in the form of a single ultra thin, condensed plate made up of all the droids' bodies. Serephir's eyes moving back and forth at the walls of the Arena, wondering whether Grievous had seen enough or whether more was required...

[dinoman666]

If Grievous had a mouth, he would have grinned. Of course, they were just B1s. He wanted a bit more testing, then he'd be satisfied. "OOM-6, release the B2s." OOM-6 nodded and hit another switch. This time, tall rectangular hatches opened, and a line of 15 B2 Super Battle Droids marched out into the open. They immediately scattered in different directions, opening fire with their fast-firing wrist blasters. "Add a little surprise to the mix, OOM-6," said Grievous. Another hatch opened, this time out of the ground. An elevator wheeled up from the depths, and a massive green B3, easily twice the size of its steel-blue counterparts, stood on the platform. Its two main arms held different weapons: the right one was equipped with a tight-spray flamethrower (that, in this case, shot out streams of steam instead), and the left was a wide-spray plasma cannon. It also had two smaller arms directly underneath these, which were equipped with rapid-fire blasters. Its left shoulder was equipped with a rack of brilliant missiles, missiles so accurate they could be considered semi-sentient. In this exercise, however, they simply released a flash of light and a mild sonic boom instead of the usual firey explosion. The B3 hung back, watching for an opening...

[The Kingpin]

Serephir smirked. Not bad he thought. he needed some actual physical practice anyway. he drew his other sword, now working two handed. holding his swords out to his sides, he shot forward, moving faster and faster, soon reaching the point he was moving at inhuman speeds, his blades slashing through the drones one after the other, slashing through one's side as he leapt, kicking a Droid in the face and pinning it down, slamming both swords down onto it's head before a shockwave seemed to go through the droids, outwards from Serephir's position. the ones within 20 meters of him collapsed in several pieces, all their hinges destroyed and all weakpoints in their design made use of, any soft spot in the machine's design splitting from the rest of it, almost all the droids falling to the ground, the ones outside the 20 meter range standing, but damaged. Serephir turned his attention to the remaining 7, shooting forward, leaping upwards and doing a somersault, his blades slashing the first one in half vertically, as he landed, impaling another one, before swinging it around and hurling it at another, pinning it down as he turned to look at the remaining 4 B2s and the B3...

[dinoman666]

The four hulking B2s lined up, firing rapidly, hoping the sheer volume of fire would mow Serephir down. The B3 fired a pair of brilliant missiles at Serephir, the projectiles homing directly in on the human.

[The Kingpin]

Serephir stepped left, just as the missiles suddenly changed direction, colliding with the droids just as Serephir ran forward, rolling between the massive droid's legs and to his feet in a crouch, swinging his swords to the side and through the droid's legs, the machine falling forward onto it's face just as the last Droids blew apart, bolts and various other bits of scrap metal falling to the floor...

[dinoman666]

"Excellent work, General!" said Grievous. "Now let's see some of your swordfighting abilities, shall we?" grievous waved a hand, and his four bodyguards walked out, heading down the stairs towards Serephir. They activated their (now weakened) Eletrcostaffs, the tips buzzing with purple tendrils of energy and they faced the General.